Yoke-tie for cattle.



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mnu! n. Janna, or roar unisson, wisconsin.

Yom-TIB nl GATTLE.

indication o! latten latent.

Patented Feb. 2), NEEDED.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Wmuau'D. Janes, a citiaen of the United States, residing at Fort Atkinson, county o! Jeeraon, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Im rovementa in Yoke-Tias for Catile. of wh ch the following is a apaeltlcation.

The einect qi my invention mten-to provide a device by' which catt. may be iitched centrally between two vertical standards. accond, to provide a device by which the liitchii member may he freel Irained and low by the animal, and iird, to irovide a device by which the bitching mem. iers may be adjusted forwart an rearvvardl relatively to the verti standards, who thc cattle may be adjusted nearer to or farther from the gutter in rear of the ataiidards.

The construction of my device` is further explained by reference to the accompanying drawm which repreeenta a pera ive view tharao showing a plurality n! 'vertical standards connected vtogether and. the bitching mechanism connected therewith.

Like parlslure identified by the annie reference numerada. f

1 represents the standard! which are preterably made 'ot' nictal tubing and are un iiorted from the lloor of the table by t c aoeketa 8 and bono plato 4.

Ii arwbran meinlani which are connected at their upper onda to the atandanla lby the clamping platea Ati md bolts 7', and ut their lower' onda to tho llnor b the tubular meniherati' and lam nannlier The ammenda of tbe atandarda l ad connected together by the bnriiumtul inonihor tl. clanipin `platea tl -nnd holte t0. whilo their lower om a 'utoronncetml together h v tbo'liorliunitnl member H. vlmnping nwinlnfm tV-ainl holte l0'.

'llie parta thus fair desrrilxd are all imh- .-tiintinlly of ordinary construction.

Mv invention ieituina more eslm'ially tov tbn bitching met' iunialn b 'which the stru i ll ia ndjnnnhly ronnvrtrt with the tanti orde l. 'lho strap ll in eminwtcd to the standards l thrnnvh the linlm It!l und lll, volto l-l, sltliiblo linka Ihn-l5, vnrlit'iil rolls lt, liormmitnlly iuljimtiiblo platten i7, providoil with ii plninlity of nptu'tnrta 11H, rmi mi porting bolts l!) und putc supporting bo ts 20.

Vlt will be understood that when thel unimal to be hitched is longer than the ordinary, the vertical rods 10 are preferably ad- Al with n mi )porting collar 92,

justed in front' of the standards 1, ae shown upon the left side of the drawing, and when the animal is shorter than the ordinary the, rods 16 are adjusted in rear'of standards 1, as shown upon the right side of the drawing, whereby animals of dierent may he hitched in iilinemeiit with the gutter formed in the door u n which they stand, and said roda 16 may adjusted forwardly or backivardly at any intermediate point, corresponding with the distance between the severa apertures of the series 18 formed in the adjustable plates 17.

The hitchin member l1 is adapted to ha .wured aromi the neck of the animal in the ordinary manner by a buckle or snap A hook and link as shown. It will be understood when the bitching member ie tliua acured to the animal, the animal will he free to move its head upwardly or downwardly ut will n distance corres ndin with the length vof the vertical rod 6, wi which the yoke 14 is xlidiibly connected at ite rca ive ends. also that the animal will be to inovo its hoiid to the right or left a distance corresponding with the lengt-h of the strap 11, while it will be limited in its lateral or forward and tmckwnrd movement by the yoke and yoke retaining members.

As n means for supporting the yoke 14 und strap 1l in a convenient ition to be reached when removed from t ie neck of the animal, l preferably provide the standards which is clamped to tic standards by tliebolt 23 whit-.i holt nervo iis n convenient place o nttaclnnent for the snmp hook 24 ol the hitvhin istiap. as indit'nted in dotted linea on the lzeft in tho drnwinmi.'

While i hnve hewn und deacriheil my au porting attimlni-da und brucia# ita pieten ably umile of tuning und connected together by bolts und clamping platos. l lo not wish to conliiie or'liinit my invention to the innteriiil employed foi* sin-li piii'ts, ns the simio may bo min iof wood or of :filial nietal iis t-iiciimmncei muy require. l

it will be nndointwd .tlnitl when scverui Htnniini'dn l iinve been colma-ted tout-ther inf/21" n nevica, the enti tniiilnlrtls ofmn-li serios nre" wich provided with lult one who supporting rod 10, but llint mieliv intcrnwiliiite letiiiiiliii'd l between ilw, ends is provided with two yoke Hup -ioi'ting rode rate rod i6 iii provided for t-:ih ond of mich yoke in the series, whereby mieli yoke in the "r, tere Patent is iev series is free to bo moved upwardly und downward! independently of the o thers.

Having un deribed invention what I claim u new and delico secure by Let- 1. In a im of'u daim-ibn ci, uw combinatilon o fta plturality of vetxcal ltandudg a nrah y o vertical o retaining x 'de rosa, means for adjultab ly connect' f 1o ulper and lower endl of the guide t: si?. ltanda. respective :itching a oke alidably connected to laid and a member centrally conn to laid yoho.

'15 2. In n device o tba delcribcd clan, the

combination of a aan. oi-v a vertical yoke retaining guide rod adjustnbly connected at its respective ends to nach of the end standards of said series, two vcrtical yoke retaining guide rods adjustabiy connected at their respectivo ends to auch intermediate standard between the respective end standards of the series, a 'oke slid ably connected at ita respective en s to cach pair of vertical guide rod and a hitchin member centrally connect to each of sai yokee, allisidbstantially as andJor the pur- In testimony whereof 1 unix my signature in tbe presence of two witnesnea.

WILLIAM D. JAMES. Witness:

W. Excnuxn, A. N.,N. 'mn. 

